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And not even one of the wolance down the front of that sodden tunic to her ample curves

“Have you not already looked your fill, warrior?” The woround out the words between clenched teeth “Not even your hulking size will protect you when my father the earl discovers you have touched me”

Finn wrenched his gaze up froh swell of her breasts that he had viewed rip to see her face He feared no petty Border lordling But he had journeyed ues in search of the Caladan noble who had put out a call for a champion Could the comely lass be the same man’s kin? Finn had heard ru one killing that bore some similarity to his own brother’s death If this was the domain of the lord in question, Finn would serve the noble until the assassin was vanquished by his blade He could not afford to let the faceless, cowardly dog escape hiain

“Does this earl seek a chaht invent any ht she was in danger

Yet the girl’s dehborn despite her lusty play in the river inlet Nobility did not always breed the fire out of a woman

He loosened his hold but did not release her

“Why?” she asked, answering his question with a question

Peculiar And yet indicative of a highborn woman Their pretty manners meant they spoke in circles more often than not

“I will be that cha the lass could lead hie maid

The expression that crossed her face was as inscrutable as her words, though it sounded as if shelike “useless herbs”

“I have heard of no such lord,” she inforrip The moment she did so, however, she seelance doard, she spied the full import of her now transparent tunic

So clear was his view, he could easily iine the feel of her bare breasts in his hands, the texture of a beaded crest against his tongue

It was turning out to be a difficult day to ignore fleshly pleasures